Magic Wall: Cruz relying on Trump’s help in Texas
With 57 days until the midterms, Republicans are calling for reinforcement from President Trump in Sen. Ted Cruz's tightening race against Democratic congressman Beto O'Rourke.
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"What is this damn fool doing coming out of retirement to break with the tradition of not attacking sitting presidents? That was my first thought." - Former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu (R), quoted by The Hill , on Barack Obama's return to the campaign trail.
California aims to get all electricity from clean sources
California has set a goal of phasing out fossil fuels from the state's electricity sector by 2045 under legislation signed Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown. Brown, who has positioned California as a global leader in the effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, approved the measure as he prepares to host a summit in San Francisco of climate change leaders from around the world later this week.
Mississippi Trump rally canceled as storm nears East Coast Source: AP
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Ap Fact Check: Tester did rank No. 1 in cash from lobbyists Source: Ap
Republicans say in a television ad that Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester has taken more money from lobbyists than any other member of Congress as he seeks to fend off a challenge from Republican State Auditor Matt Rosendale. Tester, a third-generation farmer and former president of the Montana Senate, has a reputation as a populist.
Ap Fact Check: Tester did rank No. 1 in cash from lobbyists
In this March 8, 2016, file photo, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans got it right that Tester for a time topped all other members of Congress in campaign contributions from lobbyists.
Conservative columnist tells MSNBC that GOP should be intensely…
New Jersey Democratic congressman Donald Norcross and New York Times' columnist Brett Stephens told MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle that while Trump may be denying everything said in both Bob Woodward's book and the anonymous New York Time's op-ed, the series of leaks only "reconfirms what we've been hearing literally for years now." Neither expected the new revelations to have any impact on Republican voters or leadership.
John McCain was a brave man but his foreign policy was dangerously belligerent
John McCain was a brave man, from his time spent as a POW in Vietnam to his final battle against cancer. May he rest in peace.
Democrats want to turn Texas into California with ‘dyed…
Amid a tight re-election fight, Sen. Ted Cruz warned that liberals want to turn Texas into California, "right down to tofu and silicon and dyed hair." Democrats want to turn Texas into California with 'dyed hair' and 'tofu,' Ted Cruz warns Amid a tight re-election fight, Sen. Ted Cruz warned that liberals want to turn Texas into California, "right down to tofu and silicon and dyed hair."
Former President Barack Obama just told y’all to stop bingeing TV
Former President Barack Obama spit hot fire Friday at the University of Illinois to encourage all you young people out there to get your behinds to the voting booths in November to stop whatever is going on in Washington and bring some sanity back to democracy. But it may be harder for some than others.
The Circus of Resistance – The resistance to Donald Trump … (Victor …
GOP candidate for Fla. governor spoke at racially charged events - Rep. Ron DeSantis , a gubernatorial nominee who recently was accused of using racially tinged language, spoke four times at conferences organized by a conservative activist who has said that African Americans owe The Urgent Question of Trump and Money Laundering - How Bruce Ohr, President Trump's latest Twitter target, fits a suspicious pattern of behavior on Russia.
Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018: Kavanaugh will uphold Constitution, give…
When President Donald Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be our next Supreme Court justice, he selected a voice that exemplifies values the people of Maine hold dear. He is a man of high character and a leader with extraordinary integrity.
Swedish election: Main blocs neck and neck as nationalists gain
GOP candidate for Fla. governor spoke at racially charged events - Rep. Ron DeSantis , a gubernatorial nominee who recently was accused of using racially tinged language, spoke four times at conferences organized by a conservative activist who has said that African Americans owe The Urgent Question of Trump and Money Laundering - How Bruce Ohr, President Trump's latest Twitter target, fits a suspicious pattern of behavior on Russia.
Cruz: Democrats want Texas to be ‘like California,’ have ‘tofu’ and ‘dyed hair’
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz told supporters at a rally on Saturday that Democrats wanted to make Texas like California and listed off a few things as stereotypical staples of the blue state. "We are seeing tens of millions of dollars flooding into the state of Texas from liberals all over the country who desperately want to turn the state of Texas blue," Cruz said.
Warner: ‘Not very believable’ Papadopoulos doesn’t recall if he told…
Democratic Sen. Mark Warner said he does not believe George Papadopoulos' claim that he does not remember telling Trump campaign officials about Russian dirt on Hillary Clinton. "This guy Papadopoulos, I've never met him, but he clearly is aspiring to be a player," Warner said.
Beto O’Rourke to appear on ‘Late Show with Stephen Colbert’
A press release from CBS shows O'Rourke is scheduled on Wednesday, September 12 alongside Keira Knightley and Martha Stewart. U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, the El Paso Democrat challenging Republican incumbent Ted Cruz in Texas' U.S. Senate race, will be appearing on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" this week.
Rogue billionaires are giving the GOP and Democrats a migraine
Republican Richard Uihlein and Democrat Tom Steyer have poured tens of millions of dollars into the 2018 campaign. And their political parties are irritated about it.
Officials applaud land trust’s work
Washington's congressional delegates, land management agency officials and local political leaders celebrated the Columbia Land Trust's decade of work to conserve 20,000 acres of forestland near Mount St. Helens. Several speakers at Monday's event described the Mount St. Helens Forest Conservation project as an example of successful collaboration by different groups around a large and challenging goal.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren
The back-and-forth of the general election campaign season seems to have started Monday for Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Republican challenger Geoff Diehl. Warren, seeking election to a second term on Nov. 6, appeared on WGBH's "Boston Public Radio" where co-host Jim Braude picked up a question tweeted at the show by Diehl's campaign regarding specifics on how much Warren wants to see tax rates increase.
Pence confident no one on his staff wrote NYT column
Pence says he's "100 percent confident" that no one on his staff was involved with t... . Vice President Mike Pence speaks to airmen during a visit to Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Friday, Sept.